I made the entire cultivation world cry

Chapter 649 Evil Body (Seeking Monthly Tickets)

"Oh dear! You little rascal, why are you crying? If you keep crying, a monster might catch you!"

The Sword Lord Bu Liu in front of Luo Qingsi was flustered and wanted to step forward to comfort her, but he didn't dare to get too close and was at a loss.

Seeing him like this, Luo Qingsi tilted her head in confusion and sobbed.

Even though her senior sister and Master Yuan Shu had said it many times, and she had also told herself that her master was dead, the person in front of her really... looked exactly the same.

"Are you really my master?" Luo Qingsi asked cautiously.

The Sword Master's smile was bitter, "I don't either..."

Bu Liujianjun suddenly looked up at Luo Qingsi's back and sensed the rapidly approaching aura. He quickly instructed Luo Qingsi, "Leave here, Qingsi, and never come back."

Before he could finish speaking, the figure of the Sword Lord began to blur, preparing to escape.

"rise!"

A clear shout echoed through the peach grove.

Four gigantic dominoes, each several meters tall and exuding an ancient and primal aura, rose from the ground. The four ancient seal characters engraved on them, representing the cardinal directions, looked down coldly at the Sword Lord of No Return trapped in the center.

His ethereal figure solidified again under the pressure of the sealing power. Almost simultaneously, the ground beneath his feet churned violently, and the fifth domino, radiating scorching heat, suddenly burst forth, bearing a bright red "中" (zhong, meaning "middle" or "center") character.

Sword Master Bu Liu's sword intent surged, and as he looked up at the sky, the sky suddenly darkened. The last blank domino, carrying immense force, crashed down, completely sealing off the last gap above his head.

The six dominoes formed an impregnable three-dimensional cage, trapping the Sword Master within.

Without leaving his sword, the Sword Master pointed his fingers like a sword, and a terrifying sword aura, condensed to the extreme, suddenly erupted from his fingertips, slashing towards the nearest dominoes like a bolt of lightning. The sword aura collided with the dominoes, producing a loud sound like metal clashing, and the shockwave rolled, causing the surrounding peach branches to snap and the petals to dance wildly.

The relief of mountains and rivers on the back of the dominoes suddenly lit up with a faint light, and where the sword energy struck, only a shallow white mark was left, which disappeared in an instant.

Sword Master Bu Liu's pupils contracted slightly, clearly not expecting the dominoes to be such an astonishing defense. His robes fluttered as an even stronger sword intent began to gather, preparing to tear through space and forcefully escape.

Unexpectedly, just as he tore open a crack in the air in front of him, a sword cry accompanied by a purple lightning bolt burst out from the crack, forcing him back violently. The crack also disappeared quickly, and the power of his empty sword was completely sealed.

The Sword Master looked up in horror and saw Luo Qingsi holding the Broken Ruins Needle with both hands, slamming it into the ground, with purple lightning crackling around the sword.

Luo Qingsi's eyes were still brimming with tears, but her movements were unusually decisive.

The Ruins-Breaking Needle can temporarily pin down a space, rendering all escape techniques and teleportation methods involving spatial laws ineffective.

The only person who could be kept was Luo Qingsi, whom neither Jiang Yunye nor Jiang Yurong could retain.

The master and disciple looked at each other. Not losing swordsmanship, he felt the power in Luo Qingsi that surpassed his master's, and suddenly smiled, his face full of satisfaction.

A green shadow appeared silently beside Luo Qingsi.

Jiang Yi gently placed her hand on Luo Qingsi's shoulder, which was trembling from sobbing, and patted it lightly with a soothing warmth in her palm.

Luo Qingsi's suppressed sobs could no longer be contained, and she suddenly burst into loud wails, "Senior Sister... I... I really... really am I not betraying my master and ancestors?"

Jiang Yi gently patted Luo Qingsi's head. "It's not that serious, Qingsi. You're just doing what you think is right." After saying that, Jiang Yi turned her gaze to the person trapped by the Mountain and River Card.

Knowing that escape was impossible, Bu Liujian stopped making futile struggles and stood there quietly, just like when he stood by the training ground at Xuan Ying Sword Sect watching the disciples practice swordsmanship.

Jiang Yi threw out five copper coins and set up another large array around them.

In an instant, sand and stones flew up out of thin air, obscuring the view, and the howling of the wind was incessant. This strange phenomenon lasted only a few breaths before the sandstorm suddenly subsided.

As the dust settled, from the outside, the peach grove remained the same, with fallen petals, babbling brooks, tranquil and peaceful, without a trace of human presence or unusual activity.

Amidst Luo Qingsi's intermittent sobs, Jiang Yi's eyes flashed like lightning as she carefully examined the Sword Lord Bu Liu before her. Upon seeing him, she frowned, and when she used the method of retrospection to examine him again, her frown deepened.

The Sword Master Bu Liu, whom my master encountered, did indeed have a demonic seed within him; Jiang Yurong had confirmed this.

But the Sword Lord who is here at this moment has no demonic seed in his body. He is just like all the cultivators in the Nine Provinces, so normal that there is not a single flaw to be found. Even if we go back forty-nine days, we cannot find anything unusual.

But his presence here is illogical!

"Why did you make Qing Si leave here? What exactly is going on here? If you really care about Qing Si, please tell us the truth."

Bu Liujian sighed, "It's not that I don't want to tell you, but I can't say it and I have no choice. Jiang Yi, don't get involved in this mess. Take Qing Si and leave. It's not too late."

Jiang Yi wiped away the blood and tears that flowed from the flashback, "I can't leave. If I don't find out the truth, I can't explain it to so many people outside."

"Ugh……"

Jiang Yi pondered for a moment, "Since you can't explain it, then I will. The demonic tide originated from the Nine Emperors slaying Xuanwu. They used Xuanwu's power to escape their mortal bodies and attain immortality. Strictly speaking, this was exploiting a loophole in the Heavenly Dao and did not count as normal ascension."

"Xiao Tianyin was cursed by the Heavenly Dao, and the others must be in similar situations. Xiao Tianyin resolved the Heavenly Dao curse by sacrificing the lives of her descendants. So, do the others also have various methods to break free from the Heavenly Dao curse and successfully escape this world to reach the Immortal Realm?"

As Jiang Yi spoke, she kept looking at Bu Liujianjun, though she wasn't sure how much he actually knew.

Bu Liujian frowned, seemingly unaware of this matter.

Jiang Yi nodded slightly and continued, "I've recently read many books about this world. They mention that humans are a mixture of good and evil, and only purely virtuous people can ascend to the Immortal Realm. Therefore, the final step before becoming an immortal is to sever one's evil body. What sustains the undying demonic tide is the evil body of the Nine Emperors?"

Jiang Yi understood Jiang Yi's meaning as Jian Jun's pupils contracted slightly.

"I understand. So, Xiao Jue and Lu Qingya, whom I encountered, were both in the form of evil beings, and you..."

Jiang Yi stared intently at Bu Liu Jian Jun, feeling that he wasn't an evil being dominated by malice; he was somewhat special, a fact that his master also sensed.

When Kunlun Pass was attacked, it wasn't that my master was incapable of killing Bu Liu Jian Jun by force; it was because Bu Liu Jian Jun had been holding back and hadn't used his full strength that my master, fearing he might kill the wrong person, also held back.

This special quality likely stems from the 'goodness' inherent in Bu Liujianjun himself. When goodness outweighs evil, the demonic tide has a relatively smaller impact on him, allowing him to maintain sufficient rationality to come here to find Luo Qingsi and ask her to leave.

Why aren't Xiao Jue, Lu Qingya, Xuan Zhi, Yu Wei, and Luo Heng like Bu Liu Jian Jun? Jiang Yi can only say that human nature is complex. Even now, Jiang Yi isn't sure whether Bu Liu Jian Jun is truly good or just pretending to be good.

(End of this chapter)